Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-27
OBSTINATE

btyrtA. up 70 tue axe OF 10 ne was q travelling
tailor; and IL was while working here aud there
Of evenings at various farmhouses where be OBJ
tanned temporary employment, that he learned
the traditions and the stories Of the country. One
day he sent to a paper published at Gratz a little
story, admirably conceived and told, but literally
fun Of misspelling. IL was read, and the author
requested 10 visit the newspaper Office, In an
swer 10 the request a thin and pallid htil, PEASANT
made his appearance. Great was eyeryLody's as,
constituent Much interest was felt In this ex.
traorlinary author, and arrangements were made
10 give him an education He spent 10 eonse-
qu-nce two years at school; aud during the
twenty years that have since elapsed koseggrr
has bsrn one OF the most remarkable and most
popular OF Austrian writers-L Figaro
"Yes," said F1ori.
mo" said Brona.
''And once more I say, yes" said the
young man, frowning as he spoke.
And once more l say, no." responded
the young girl, lowering her eyes.
"Then you must be one of those
women who always make a point OF say
ing No, when a man says Yes! And
you pretend that you love me! You
want 10 he with me through Joy and
sorrow, as the priest says!"
''He has not said it yeti"
Sand do you want to get into the
habit Of pulling your own way in every
thing? Well!-a nice hitch that would
make! You do not love me at all! Good
by-and good-by forever!"
She threw her arms around his neck,
and chung to him; he strove to push her
away from him, but she would not let
him loose, and she cried out:
"Open my breast and look at my
heart! have nothing there but you
only you'll can say nothing more"
al don't want TO hear words; I want
to see actions. Prove to me once-just
once-what you have been telling me at
least a thousand times!"
"If you could only understand. my
Fori?" she answered and her eyes seemed
to become larger-.if you could only un-
derstand. | would say yes quick enough
what difference could that maker You
love me; what does everything else mat
ter!-without you, I Nm nothing now.
But If you rivet yourself to me to-day by
O chain Of iron; tomorrow, perhaps,
your life and your happiness will no
longer be your own"
They will belong to you! I will
marry you!"
You will marry me-yes, l believe
you will. But will il be for love or from
necessity? want to know you are act
ing Of your w free will when you take
my hand before the altar"
That will do, Brona! Everybody is
betrothed fifteen days before the we'd
ding, and the pledge is as binding as the
blessed stole itself to those who are hon
est. Now, Brona, | pledge myself this
day to marry you!'
And You actually think you will he
able to marry in two weeks from today"
II should like to know who is going TO
prevent me-"
who is going to prevent your The
emperor"
The EMPEROR"
''You are 81 years old, and you may
be dawn in the consumption three weeks
from now.
what are you talking about, Brona?
You know | am an only son; my parents
are old and broken down; the farm is n
very large n shall not have to serve
at AL.
you viii not have to become a sol.
dier:' exclaimed the young girl with a
cry of joy.
No! no! no. And now again let me
ask you, when is the welding TO come
OIL"
She did not answer. But when she
left the wood. dazzled by that great af-
ternoon sun of June, she had said '.Ies. "
Old Schwandhofer was one of the
wealthiest farmers in the canton. IIs
had once been straight and strong as the
tower of his farm. Only the weight OF
his seventy years had been able TO bend
him, but he had been humbled by their
power; he could not walk without the
help of a cane and his hands trembled'
his will alone remained solid. and direct
ed everything in the house. His wife
was his worthy companion. She had
been twenty, he forty years of age whsn
they were married. lie had cared well
for her, had brought her up from a child
and loved her as a.woman.
Now, il was she that was really the
man. and he the child. II had taken the
old farmer a very long time TO under
stand that the will of his wife had be-
com strong by comparison with his
own; that she had learned both TO think
and to act as he did! People said that
they owned a good deal OF money. Some
even said that money owned them. En-.
vious people, Of course-such as exist In
all parts of the world.
The old couple had never done harm to
any one; but they had no heart; none OF
that heart which does 20 much good m
the world, and 80 much evil likewise.
Tho birth If their son ought 10 have
changed them a little: but il WAS ton
late-their feelings hal been dried up.
They only felt the joy OF interest; they
neither knew how to love hun nor ~
make themselves loved by him. The
young man was upright of character like
his parents; but he was also headstrong
and stern like they were.
Old Sc~hwandhofer was certainly not
inclined Of his OWN free will 10 make
over the farm 10 his SOM When a PEAS.
ant cedes his property, he too often
yields up his liberty as we'll; he becomes
a mere drudge. the servant OF his own
son; sometimes almost q beggar, obliged
TO ask for bread in the very house which
he himself built. .'F1ori is too young"
he thought; "when young men are
masters, they are apt to live to high.
and 10 think Of nothing except showing
that they are masters; they eat up all
they have very soon, and more, tool"